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Leaders of large companies are typically not short on confidence until it comes to their own strategy. Ive had the good fortune lately to get to read a lot of new books on management and innovation, courtesy of. Inbig think strategy, schmitt shows how to bring bold thinking into your business by sourcing big ideas and executing them creatively. Here are the best strategy books for entrepreneurs and managers. The most detailed book summary of blue ocean strategy by w.
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This is unfortunate, because strategy is something that is critically relevant to. With the tools in this book, any leader can overcome institutionalized small think the inertia, the narrowmindedness, and the aversion to risk that block true innovation. What this means is that to create a strategy, you have to iterate think a. A bhag is clear and compelling, needing little explanation. Ive just finished a new book that will appeal to a number of innovators, especially those pushing their organizations to take on bigger, risky new projects. Traditional approaches to strategic planning based on safe, lowrisk methods that produce. Thinkalouds have been described as eavesdropping on someones thinking. The website is a collection of interviews, presentations, and roundtable discussions with experts from a wide range of fields. Big think strategy strategic management creativity. But as schmitt points out, conventional corporate wisdomwhich eschews risk taking and rewards small thinkingdiscourages the kind of bold. Big think strategy columbia business school columbia university. How to leverage bold ideas and leave small thinking behind bernd h.
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